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The Cost of Supply Chain Sustainability Legislation?

QAD

The first World Sustainable Procurement Day was held this year on March 21. With the increasing focus on sustainability, I guess we should not be surprised that sustainable procurement now has its own day on the calendar. This includes days to celebrate beer, wine, whiskey, ex-spouses, gardening, pecans and even stupid toys.

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China’s Export Restrictions on Germanium and Gallium  

Resilinc

All these modern products are manufactured using the key commodities germanium and gallium. Unfortunately, China has just issued critical restrictions on these commodities, creating a cause for concern for many businesses and manufacturers in the high-tech and semiconductor space. Do you know what these products have in common?

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We have heard that there is a focus on near-shoring, reshoring, and local manufacturing. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor.” increase in 2010, eleven years ago. Does this solve the problem? When I get this question, I swallow hard.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech June 28 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Included in this June 29, 2022 edition are updates featuring the following providers: Logility and Starboard Solutions. Founded in 2014 and based in Chicago, FourKites is working with more than 1,000 businesses in helping to track shipments from manufacturing facilities, warehouses and retail sites. FedEx and FourKites. Wonder Group.

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Amazon Expands Air Freight Services and Carrier Equity Stakes

Supply Chain Matters

Global commercial aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced that Amazon Air has signed an agreement to lease ten Airbus A330-300P2F air freighters from Altavair , a worldwide provider of aviation finance focusing on leasing, re-purposing, and selling commercial jet aircraft and engines. All rights reserved. .

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Global Independence: Reimagining the “What if Scenario”

NC State SCRC

Thanks to Handfield and Linton (2022) global independence can be understood in the following way: “Global independence is a key attribute for creating supply chain immunity. Lack of visibility in US Defense Supply Chains There is a strong and urgent need for the US Department of Defense (DOD) contracting office to do a better job!

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AI and IoT on the Cutting Edge

Enterra Insights

Indeed, AI and IoT are now more practical and are used at almost every technological juncture, i.e., online businesses, online tools, open-source APIs, robotics, healthcare, in the cloud and on your mobile device.” Agrawal notes, “It is forecasted that more than 80% of IoT projects will be using AI by the year 2022.